7/10/2017

Advantech (2395 TW), a global provider of intelligent systems and platform solutions across multiple vertical markets, just announced the launch of its WebAccess/MCM. WebAccess/MCM is Machine Condition Monitoring software that provides for convenient sensor signal acquisition, signal analysis, feature extraction, data management and interpretation, and alert notifications for online monitoring and intelligent inspection. With this software, Advantech provides customers with a comprehensive solution for machine monitoring and management that meets the needs of multiple applications.

The software is compatible with various Advantech DAQ computers and cards, allowing customers to quickly install or seamlessly integrate a monitoring system. The software is designed with a user-guided graphical user interface; engineers or system integrators can easily configure settings step by step, without the need for any programming.

In addition to the advantage of fast, easy implementation, the software provides a cloud function, in which data from various machines can be uploaded to a cloud platform, giving clients real-time data access to machine conditions for predictive maintenance applications. This helps improve equipment uptime, performance and safety, while greatly reducing maintenance costs. In all, the software helps effectively visualize equipment and production line status and substantially reduces the R&D resources invested, improves automation levels, and saves human resource costs. WebAccess/MCM provides three modes, to cover different scenarios:

Scope Mode

At the start of implementing a measurement system, the user needs to observe and verify the sensor signal. Scope assists users in analyzing signals, and provides oscilloscope-like functions, including cursor measurement tools, trigger capture functions, automatic measurements of amplitudes, frequencies, average and peak-to-peak values, as well as real-time display of time-domain data and spectrograms

Intelligent Inspection Mode

This
mode provides an easy way to develop an inspection system for a production
line. Wizard guides are provided for easy setup. Customized algorithms allow for
optimizing signals and data analysis. The system can output signals to other
equipment and can connect to the SCADA system as monitoring nodes, and
generates quality inspection reports.

Condition Monitoring Mode

Provides plenty of algorithms for signal processing and data analysis to convert large amounts of data into useful information. Through a data management function, data is uploaded to an IIoT cloud. With MCM, the user can realize real-time online condition monitoring, predict key component life, minimize machine shutdowns, and increase productivity.